[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Greene 4-9-2001.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Bingo — See Ch. 44.
The Village Board hereby declares that the raising of funds for the
promotion of bona fide charitable, educational, scientific, health, religious
and patriotic causes and undertakings where the beneficiaries are undetermined
may be in the best public interest.
The words and terms used in this chapter shall have the same meanings
as such words and terms as are defined in Article 9-A of the General Municipal
Law, as amended.
A.
Games of chance may be conducted any day between 12:00
noon and 12:00 midnight. Notwithstanding the above, no games of chance shall
be conducted on Easter Sunday, Christmas Day or New Year's Eve.
B.
The above restrictions shall not apply when only the
game of chance known as the "bell jar" is conducted.
All games of chance in the Village will be subject to the provisions
of Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law.
No person shall operate any game of chance and no game of chance shall
be conducted with any equipment except as authorized by § 195-c
of the General Municipal Law.
The Police Department of the Village of Greene shall be required to
exercise control over the games of chance conducted under duly authorized
licenses. Said Police Department shall have all these powers and duties set
forth in and for the enforcement of Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law.
The Village of Greene, pursuant to § 195-t of the General
Municipal Law, may collect up to 5% of the licensed organization's net
profits derived from the games to help defray the cost of administering this
chapter.
This chapter shall take effect upon filing with the Secretary of State.
